POLITICS, from the Greek

POLITICS, from the Greek, POLY meaning many, and TICKS...blood sucking insects. Now here are a few famous political quotations from famous sources (nameless).

Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But then I repeat myself.

I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.

A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.

Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.

Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer of money from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries.

Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.

Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else.

Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.

If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free.

Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you.

No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the Legislature is in session.

Talk is cheap.except when Congress does it.

The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the blessings. The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery.

What this country needs are more unemployed politicians.